Ticket-holder.



F. W. RABBE.

TICKET HOLDER.

APPLICATION F.lLED IAN. 25, 191B.

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TICKET-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Eatent.

Patented July 2, l lldi Application filed January 25, 1918. Serial No.213,771.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK WVILLIAM RABBE, a subject of the King of GreatBrit ain, and resident of the city of Ottawa, in the Province ofOntario, Dominion of (lanada, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Ticket-Holders, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to improvements in ticket holders and the objectsof the invention are to permit of the tickets being fed separately fromthe holder to suit the requirements of the user, to facilitate grippingthe second or consecutive. ticket with the feeding member when the topticket has been dispensed, to prevent the tickets fall ing or beingforced out of the bottom end of the holder, to simplify theconstruction, and generally to adapt the several parts to better performthe functions required of them.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consistsessentially of the improved construction particularly described and setforth in the following specification and accompanying drawings formingpart of the same.

In the drawings;

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the im proved ticket holder.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the same.

. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section on the line 22 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a transverse section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the spring controlled feeding ordispensing member.

Like characters of reference refer to like parts in the several figuresReferring to the drawings, A represents the improved ticket holderconsisting of a rectangular casing 10, having slots 11 and 12 in theupper end adjacent to the front and back walls thereof, the lower end ofthe easing being open.

This casing is subdivided into two compartments 8 and 9 by thelongitudinally extending wall 13, the front and back faces of which areofl'set at the upper end terminating at the edge of the slots 11 and 12so acting as a guide for the tickets to the slots as the tickets arebeing dispensed from the holder.

The lower end of the wall 13 is provided on opposite faces with oflsetprojecting me rmv bers 15 which prevent the tickets from dropping orbeing forced out of the bottom end of the holder.

When the tickets are placed in the con1- partments 8 and 9 they liealong the faces of the dividing wall 13 and after the tickets havepassed the projection 15 they cannot be withdrawn through the bottom ofthe holder.

The front and back walls of the holder are provided with longitudinallyextending slots 16 in each of which a button 18 is slidably mounted, theinner end of the said button being soldered or otherwise attached to adispensing fork 20 by means of which the tickets are fed from theholder.

This fork 20 is of unique construction and consists of a piece ofresilient wire bent in substantially lJ-shape, the arms of the saidU-shaped portion being offset as shown at 21 where it is soldered orotherwise con nected to the button 18.

The arms of the ll-shaped portion are coiled intermediate of theirlength to add to resiliency of the fork and the free ends are then bentin curvilinear formation as shown at 2.3 and provided with points 24:which will engage with the back of the tickets in the holder.

This dispensing fork is designed to be retracted by the operatorgripping the button 18 and drawing it to the lower end of the slot- 16but on the button becoming released it is desirable that the dispensingfork 20 should automatically return to its normal. upward position andso feed the ticket through either of the slots 11 or 12, depending onwhich tickets are being used and to this end ll provide spiral springs25 which are attached to the inner face of the front and back walls ofthe compartments 8 and 9, the free end of the spring in each compartmentpassing between the ofiset portion 21 of the dis-v pensing fork and thewall of the said compartment where it engages with the stem of thebutton 18.

When the holder is in use tickets of difl'erent types are placed in thecompartments 8 and 9, for instance Sunday tickets may be placed in thecompartment 8 and ordinary week day tickets in the compartment 9.

"When a traveler desires to use a ticket when boardin a car, he pullsthe button 18 downwardly to the end of the slot- 16 where he releasesthe button and the dispensing fork 20, the pointed offset ends 24 ofwhich have engaged with the ticket, will be forced upwardly under theaction of the spring and so push the ticket through the slot at the topof the compartment Where it is gripped by the fingers and pulled out.

During the action of pulling the button 18 to end of the slot 16, thetickets cannot be forced through'the open bottom of the container owingto the fact that the offset projections 15 engage with the bottoms ofthe tickets and prevent their becoming displaced in any way.

As many changes could be made in the above construction and manyapparently widely different embodiments of my invention within the scopeof the claims, constructed without departing from the spirit or scopethereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the accompanyingdrawings and specification shall be interpreted as illustrative and notin a limiting sense.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. A ticket holder comprising a casing with slots for the discharge ofthe tickets, a longitudinally extending division wall in the casinghaving an upper offset end and subdividmgthe casing into twocompartments, means on said division wall to prevent the tickets beinglost out of the rear end of the casing a dispensing member in eachcompartment comprising a resilient wire bent in U shape and coiledintermediate of its length the free ends of the wire being bent incurvilinear shape and with pointed ends, a button working in a slot inthe casing and operatively connected to the dispensing member andresilient means for returning the dispensing member to a normalposition.

2. A ticket holder comprising a casing with slots for the discharge ofthe tickets, a longitudinally extending division wall in the casinghaving an upper oflset end and subdividing the easing into twocompartments, a dispensing member in each compartment comprising aresilient wire bent in U-shape and coiled intermediate of its length,the free ends of the wire being bent in curvilinear shape and providedwith pointed ends, a button working in a slot in the casing andoperatively connected to the dispensing member and resilient means -forreturning the dispensing member to a normal position.

3. A ticket holder comprising a casing having slots in the upper end andopen in the lower end, a dividing wall in the casing, projections on thelower end of the dividing wall, movable dispensing means in the easingand resilient means for returning the dispensing means to a normalposition.

4:. A ticket holder comprising a casing having slots in the upper endand open in the lower end, a wall in the casing dividing it into twocompartments having its upper end ofiset curvilinearly to form guides todirect the tickets to the slots, movable dispensing means in eachcompartment comprising a forked member having an oll'set end, a buttonoperatively connected to the offset end and a spiral spring having itsfree end underlying the offset end of the dispensing member and engagingwith the button.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of awitness.

FRANK WILLIAM RABBE.

W'itness:

JAMEs MITCHELL.

flopies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, byaddressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0.

